the redistribution of power and decision making responsibilities, usually to employees, where such authority was previously a management prerogative. Empowerment is based on the recognition...
In this paper, the authors' develop and present a contingency model of leadership and psychological empowerment that specifies the circumstances and situations under which follower self-leadership should be encouraged. The model suggests that certain key contingency factors, including follower development, situational urgency and task structure, dictate which of several leadership...
This paper examines conditions under which empowerment (decision autonomy, dialogic leadership) is connected with positive and negative effects, respectively, in regard to managing transformational change in Eastern Europe. Acquisitions by foreign investors in Poland and Russia (N = 45 companies) and privatizations through employee buy-out in Romania (N = 5...
Jerra Spence is the founder and CEO of Sugar Hooker Entertainment (S.H.E.), a multi-platform company that supports the empowerment of women. Spence talks about why feminism is still relevant and the long and short term benefits of running an integrity-driven business.
Some bosses lead through empowerment, others through intimidation. When I think of an empowering boss, I think of exemplars such as Hewlett-Packard co-founder David Packard and "The H-P Way." On the intimidation side, well, let's just say Al Dunlap earned his nickname "Chainsaw". So which...
Management consulting is an industry built on trust and a solid reputation. A perusal of the most prestigious firms as ranked by employment researcher Vault yields the fact that nearly all of the top twenty-five have been around a while and assembled large staffs of consultants. So how does a...
Can Employees Produce Without Trust and Empowerment?RE: Can Employees Produce Without Trust and Empowerment?It appears the author's bias with regard to Wal-Mart is coloring her judgment of whatever the reason is for the poor customer service. I see the allegation, "The obvious explanation is that employees just don't care...
The word “empowerment” has received a lot of bad press in the business world. Too often, it has been used as a gesture to appease discontented employees and as a means of abdicating responsibility on the part of managers: if you can get employees to adopt a sense of ownership...
This study is part of a larger project exploring the usefulness of the empowerment construct in the Greek context. Using a sample of 154 mature working students one examined the influence of demographics (gender, age and work experience), personality traits locus of control, job factors managerial status, organizational attributes size,...
The employment relations today are not confined to traditional issues of mere better working conditions and timely payment of salary etc. Rather the issues like empowerment, effectiveness, retention, development, managing cross-cultural diversity, management of gender issues, organisational learning, and change management etc. have emerged as contemporary challenges leading to new...
This paper reviews theory and empirical findings on the effects of empowerment in the workplace. Data from existing studies is used to assess the effects of the four empowerment dimensions on affective and behavioral employee responses. Data is reanalyzed using hierarchical regression analysis. Confirming growing skepticism among practitioners and academics,...
This paper describes how does one turn the traditional autocratic supervisor into an empowering team leader? Encouraging leaders to move from autocratic to democratic leadership styles is the key to creating empowerment. Supervisors are thought to resist empowerment and to cling to autocratic behaviors because they fear loss of influence,...
Empowerment is not in vogue simply because it's another motherhood issue. It's not a component of the Total Quality Management TQM movement simply because it makes people feel better about them and will, therefore, make them work harder and be more productive for the business entity. If management knew for...
It has been derived that the best way of developing a good staff is Empowerment. It gives a feeling of confidence to the staff. It provides an inner source of strength, a feeling of confidence to act on one's own authority. Besides this, it creates a professional impression to the...
Effective empowerment means letting go and taking control. CEOs who thrive in this paradox tap people power — the only sustainable competitive advantage. Like any paradox, the paradox of empowerment is full of traps. It ensnares CEOs who cannot accept or live in the contradiction of taking control and letting...
From the executive summary: ‘In a sales organization, it is important for a salesperson to relate to customers’ buying experience. Very few salespeople have ever financially justified an enterprise application, designed a technical architecture, or dealt with the internal politics of a global organization; hence, they are not in a...
From the executive summary: ‘Most people tend to think in terms of rewards as motivators and see empowerment as an earned reward. To make the most of its potential, empowerment should be viewed as an enabling performance enhancer. It is important to distinguish in the employee's mind that there is...
Anglo American sells South African stakes *Anglo American's South African operations completed seven deals to sell stakes to black groups worth 50bn rand (3.3bn) in 2007, the miner said yesterday. Anglo, the lead investor in South Africa with interests in platinum, coal, iron ore, diamonds and gold,...
The town of Elkton, already facing one lawsuit over its treatment of the homeless, has been hit with another -- this time by a religious organization that seeks to operate a daytime facility near its existing shelters. Meeting Ground, a Presbyterian mission that counts work with the...
Home News IN BRIEF *Restrictions preventing council officers taking part in political activity are to be scrapped by Communities Secretary Hazel Blears as part of the Community Empowerment White Paper to be published on Wednesday. She will propose scrapping the "Widdicombe rules" enshrined in the 1989 Local...
Music World Entertainment's artists head to NewOrleans for several performances during The Essence Music Festival. The Essence Music Festival is the nation's largest annual gathering ofAfrican-American musical talent, featuring an unprecedented three days ofcultural celebrations and empowerment seminars and three nights ofperformances by some of today's greatest African-American artists. ...
